Protector for shoes



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Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

EPHRAIM VIERTELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PROTECTOR FOR SHOES.

Application led July 30, 1921.

To all whom. t may con cern.'

Be it known that I, EPHRAIMy ViERTnLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State ofv as, for example, fine ladies shoes.

Another object of my invention is to pro.l vide a toe protector which can be adjusted so as to fit a series of different sizes of soles.

Another object of my invention is to provide a protector which shall be of substantially the same thickness and have substantially the same non-resilient properties throughout.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

Fig. l is a perspective view, showing my new and improved protector applied to a shoe.

Fig. 2 is a top view.

Fig. 3 is a front view.

Fig. 4 is a section along the line H of i if it is attempted to use a resilientmetal, the

manufacture of the article is more difficult and expensive and a relatively inferior article is produced since a springy sheet of meta-1 cannot be shaped by dies so as to produce the desired contour.

To manufact-ure the article, a flat imperforat-e sheet of metal is first cut out by dies so as to have the general contour shown in Fig. 2, the outline ofthe said sheet of metal being substantially parabolic. The sheet of Serial. No. 488,590.

metal is somewhat compressed during the cutting or stamping out thereof. I have not illustrated the dies or mechanism for cutting out the sheet of metal because this operation and the other operations involved in making my'new and improved protector are in themselves well known to the art.

The said sheet of metal now has its edges turned up so as to form an upstanding fiange 2, but it is preferable in forming the said upstanding flange not to compress the metal any further so that the sheet of meta-l has substantially uniform properties throughout. rThe top of the upstanding flange 2 is now turned over so as to provide an annular ledge 3 which is substantially parallel to the bottom of the protector and in turning over the said ledge, it is preferable. not to compress the metal or change its properties.

A substantially V-shaped slit 5 is now cut in the bottom of the protector and another is cut in the ledge 3 thereof, so that the slit in the bottom of the protector extends up to the front wall thereof, and the ledge also has a il-shaped slit up to the front of the upstanding fiange 2. The V-shaped opening in the top ledge 3 is identical in contour with that portion of the V-shaped slit in the bottom of the protector which is directly underneath it.

At the same time a series of perforations l.

Of course, the top of the bottom of the l protector is adjacent the bottom of the sole.

Since the bottom of the protector as well as the ledge thereof both have V-shaped slits formed therein, the'protector can be spread out or narrowed so that a single protector can be used for a variety of sizes. The protector can be made in various colors so as to harmonize with the shoe to which it is to be applied.

I have described a preferred embodiment of myV invention but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions can be made Without departing from-its spirit, and I do not wish' to be limited to the details herein illustrated.

What I claim is A toe protector made of bendalole metal comprising a bottom portion having a substantially vertical flange portion, and a turned-over ledge portion, the bottom of said protector and the said flange both having slots extending to Said Harige portion, where by the Said protector can have its size changed by merely bending the Said flange. 10

In testiinon;7 whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

EPHRAIM VXERTELS. 

